Sanctions

Kim’s spy chief to have his assets frozen and be banned from travelling abroad under new US sanctions against North Korea

North Korea's mysterious intelligence chief Cho Il-U will be blacklisted from travelling overseas, in a new bid to punish the rogue state for its repeated missile tests.

Cho is believed to head up the Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea's main military and foreign intelligence agency.

The shadowy organization is believed to be responsible for conducting clandestine operations abroad, including kidnappings and political assassinations.

They were linked were the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged brother of Kim Jong Un who was killed in Kuala Lumpur with VX Nerve Agent.  

The draft U.N. resolution, pushed forward by the U.S., would also sanction four entities, including the Koryo Bank and Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean People's Army, as well as 13 other people.

However given the isolated nature of of official North Korean entities and the sophisticated network of front companies used by Pyongyang to evade current sanctions, the U.N. resolution is likely to be just symbolic.